Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262293AbUDTIjb (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2004 04:39:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262279AbUDTIjb (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2004 04:39:31 -0400 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:35287 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262293AbUDTIjQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2004 04:39:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:39:13 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Guennadi Liakhovetski cc: Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: [somewhat OT] binary modules agaaaain In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1220 Lines: 31 On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > A binary module is "considered good" if > > 1) It is accompanied by a "suitably licensed" (GPL-compatible) open-source > glue-module. > > 2) The sourced used to compile the binary part do not access any of the > kernel functionalities directly. Which means: > a) they don't (need to) include any kernel header-files > b) they don't access any kernel objects or methods directly > c) all interfacing to the kernel goes over the glue module and the > interface is _purely functional_ - no macros, no inlines. And for which architectures do they have to provide the binary-only part? 22 and still counting... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/